Glenkiln Sculpture Park

Glenkiln Sculpture Park was a sculpture landscape in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland.

It comprised six sculptures placed in a moorland setting around Glenkiln Reservoir.^[1] The sculptures were located around 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) north-west of Shawhead, and 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) west of the town of Dumfries.

Between 1951 and 1976, local landowner Sir William "Tony" Keswick (grandson of William Keswick) assembled a collection of works by Auguste Rodin, Henry Moore, and Jacob Epstein ^[2] Keswick worked with the artists in siting their works in a natural landscape, and commissioned works.^[3]

In 1995 the King and Queen sculpture was vandalised but was later restored.^[4]In 2013, the Standing Figure was stolen.^[5] Following that, all the sculptures except Glenkiln Cross were removed for security reasons on police advice.^[6]

The sculptures formerly on show are:

Saint John the Baptist (1878) by Auguste Rodin
Visitation (1926) by Jacob Epstein
Standing Figure (1950) by Henry Moore
King and Queen (1952–53) by Henry Moore
Upright Motive No. 1: Glenkiln Cross (1955–56) by Henry Moore
Two Piece Reclining Figure No.1 (1959) by Henry Moore

There is also a memorial to commemorate the diamond wedding of Sir William and Lady Keswick^[3] and another to Peter Fleming the travel writer and adventurer, friend of the Keswicks, who used to shoot on the estate.

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Sculptures	List of sculptures Four-Piece Composition: Reclining Figure Reclining Figure 1938 Recumbent Figure 1938 Reclining Figure 1939 Three Standing Figures 1947 Family Group Reclining Figure: Festival King and Queen Draped Reclining Figure, 1952–53 Large Interior Form, 1953–54 Reclining Figure: External Form 1953–1954 Upright Motive No. 1: Glenkiln Cross Reclining Figure 1956 Seated Woman, 1957 Draped Seated Woman 1957–58 Draped Reclining Woman 1957–58 UNESCO Reclining Figure 1957–58 Standing Figure: Knife Edge Large Torso, Arch Knife Edge Two Piece 1962–65 Three-Piece Reclining Figure No. 2: Bridge Prop Reclining Figure (Lincoln Center) Two Piece Reclining Figure No. 3 Three Way Piece No.1: Points Three Way Piece No.2: Archer Locking Piece Man Enters the Cosmos Two-Piece Reclining Figure No. 9 Nuclear Energy Spindle Piece Three-Piece No. 3: Vertebrae (Working Model) Three Piece Sculpture: Vertebrae Oval with Points Large Two Forms Reclining Figure 1969–70 Two-Piece Reclining Figure: Points Large Arch Sheep Piece 1971–72 Large Four Piece Reclining Figure 1972–73 Hill Arches 1973 Goslar Warrior 1973–1974 Three-Piece Reclining Figure: Draped 1975 The Arch 1979–1980
Assistants	Reg Butler Anthony Caro Robert Clatworthy Phillip King Philip McCracken Bernard Meadows Lenton Parr Ron Robertson-Swann Stephen Walker Richard Wentworth Isaac Witkin
Associated with	Barbara Hepworth Unit One
Supporters	Kenneth Clark
Institutions	Henry Moore Foundation

Glenkiln Sculpture Park

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